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News
The state's budget crisis, the
rising costs of health care,
and transportation issues
were among subjects raised
at Chancellor M.R.C.
Greenwood's fall forum with
staff. See page 2.
Calendar
Crocodiles, monkeys, lions,
and jackals take center stage
in Vancatantra: Animal Tales
of the Hindu World, to be
performed in November at
the Theater Arts Second
Stage. See page 6.
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Digest
Twenty new members of
the UCSC faculty are
profiled, with information
including their academic
areas of expertise and
educational backgrounds.
See pages 8-9-
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
j
Vol. 13, No. 2
Published monthly by University Relations for the campus community
November i, 2002
Magazine names three at UCSC to 'top women in science' list
By Tim Stephens
"T* he popular science magazine
I Discover has named three
I women on the faculty of UCSC
I among the "top 50 women
I scientists in the country" in
an article in the magazine's
November issue.
The issue, which hit newsstands
on October 15, features a series of
articles about how women fare in
science and celebrates the accomplishments of women scientists.
The three UCSC scientists featured in the magazine are Sandra
Faber, University Professor of
astronomy and astrophysics; Terrie
Williams, professor of ecology and
evolutionary biology and the Ida
Benson Lynn Professor of Ocean
Healrh; and Marcia McNutt, professor of Earth sciences at UCSC
and the president and CEO of the
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute. (McNutt is identified in
the magazine by her primary
affiliation with MBARI.)
"I'm impressed that three
women scientists from UCSC are
represented on this list, and I think
it reflects the fact that UCSC's science faculty is absolutely first
class," Faber said.
Faber is renowned for her
research on the formation and
evolution of galaxies and the evolution of structure in the universe.
Important concepts such as "cold
dark matter" and the "Great
Attractor" are direct results of work
by Faber and her colleagues. Two of
the major optical astronomy ventures of recent years have benefited
from Faber's involvement: the
Hubble Space Telescope and the
W. M. Keck Observatory in
Hawaii. Faber led the team that designed and built the DEIMOS
spectrograph, a powerful new instrument installed this year on the
Keck II Telescope.
Faber is a core member of the
Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary
Probe projecr, a large-scale survey of
distant, faint galaxies using the
Keck Telescopes and the Hubble
Space Telescope. She is also involved
in research on adaptive optics as a
senior member of the Center for
Adaptive Optics at UCSC.
Faber's many honors include
elecrion to the National Academy
of Sciences, the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, and the
American Philosophical Society. In
1995, she was appointed University
Professor, the highest honor for fac-
Clockwise, from left, are Sandra Faber, Marcia McNutt, and Terrie Williams.
ulty in the UC system. She joined
UCSC's faculty and the UC
Observatories/Lick Observatory in
1972.
Williams, an expert in animal
physiology and energetics, has
studied a wide range of marine
mammals, including dolphins,
seals, sea otters, and whales. She
has also studied land animals, including cheetahs and wild dogs in
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Prop. 47 would provide
over $40 million
for projects at UCSC
proposed $13.05 billion
education bond facing
voters this November includes money for several
major UCSC projects.
If passed, the Kindergarten-
University Public Education
Facilities Bond Act would provide more than $40 million to
UCSC over two years, with
about $2 million the first year.
The bond is Proposition 47 on
the November 5 ballot.
"This bond measure is extremely important to all segments of education—and it is
crucial for UC Santa Cruz. I
urge everyone to be informed
and to vote," said Chancellor
M.R.C. Greenwood.
In the first year, the bond
would provide almost $1.5
million for planning the long-
sought UCSC Humanities
and Social Sciences Facility,
and $517,000 to plan the
Emergency Response Center.
In the second year, the bond
would provide:
See Bond, back page
Martha Mendoza
Conn Hallinan
Joseph Weiss
Three to receive Alumni Association's top awards
By Louise Donahue
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a Writing Program
lecturer, and the technical
production director and
operations manager for
UCSC's Theater Arts Department
have been selected to receive the
UCSC Alumni Association's
highest honors for 2002-03-.
Martha Mendoza, an Associated
Press reporter who shared the 2000
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative
Reporting for the story about a
massacre in the opening weeks of
the Korean War, will receive the
Alumni Achievement Award.
Mendoza is the third UCSC graduate to win a Pulitzer Prize.
The exhaustive investigation
won numerous other awards, including the prestigious George
Polk Award for international reporting. Mendoza was selected for
a John S. Knight Fellowship at
Stanford, where she completed the
book, The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A
Hidden Nightmare from the Korean
See Awards back page
New Teacher Center shares $7.5 million
National Science Foundation grant
By Jennifer McNulty
T he New Teacher Center at
I UCSC, in collaboration with
I the National Science Teachers
I Association (NSTA) and
I Montana State University, has
been awarded a five-year, $7.5 million grant by the National Science
Foundation to develop and implement an online mentoring program
for beginning science teachers.
The project, which aims to improve student learning by bolstering the effectiveness of new middle
and high school science teachers, is
a perfect fit for the New Teacher
Center (NTC), which is dedicated
to improving education by promoting the development of an excellent teaching force.
The NTC has developed a successful model of teacher induction
that provides the mentor support
of an experienced teacher ro all
new teachers during their first two
years in the classroom.
Recognizing that research
shows the quality of the classroom
teacher is the single most important ingredient for student
learning, the NTC has emerged as
a national leader in the development of teacher excellence.
The NTC's expertise is in
greater demand than ever as the
nation's schools prepare to hire at
least two million new teachers over
the next decade. Typically, the
newest teachers are placed in the
most difficult classes in the neediest schools.
Alarmingly, half of all new
teachers leave the profession
within the first five years. New
See Grant back page

News
The state's budget crisis, the
rising costs of health care,
and transportation issues
were among subjects raised
at Chancellor M.R.C.
Greenwood's fall forum with
staff. See page 2.
Calendar
Crocodiles, monkeys, lions,
and jackals take center stage
in Vancatantra: Animal Tales
of the Hindu World, to be
performed in November at
the Theater Arts Second
Stage. See page 6.
tk
\
Digest
Twenty new members of
the UCSC faculty are
profiled, with information
including their academic
areas of expertise and
educational backgrounds.
See pages 8-9-
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ
j
Vol. 13, No. 2
Published monthly by University Relations for the campus community
November i, 2002
Magazine names three at UCSC to 'top women in science' list
By Tim Stephens
"T* he popular science magazine
I Discover has named three
I women on the faculty of UCSC
I among the "top 50 women
I scientists in the country" in
an article in the magazine's
November issue.
The issue, which hit newsstands
on October 15, features a series of
articles about how women fare in
science and celebrates the accomplishments of women scientists.
The three UCSC scientists featured in the magazine are Sandra
Faber, University Professor of
astronomy and astrophysics; Terrie
Williams, professor of ecology and
evolutionary biology and the Ida
Benson Lynn Professor of Ocean
Healrh; and Marcia McNutt, professor of Earth sciences at UCSC
and the president and CEO of the
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research
Institute. (McNutt is identified in
the magazine by her primary
affiliation with MBARI.)
"I'm impressed that three
women scientists from UCSC are
represented on this list, and I think
it reflects the fact that UCSC's science faculty is absolutely first
class," Faber said.
Faber is renowned for her
research on the formation and
evolution of galaxies and the evolution of structure in the universe.
Important concepts such as "cold
dark matter" and the "Great
Attractor" are direct results of work
by Faber and her colleagues. Two of
the major optical astronomy ventures of recent years have benefited
from Faber's involvement: the
Hubble Space Telescope and the
W. M. Keck Observatory in
Hawaii. Faber led the team that designed and built the DEIMOS
spectrograph, a powerful new instrument installed this year on the
Keck II Telescope.
Faber is a core member of the
Deep Extragalactic Evolutionary
Probe projecr, a large-scale survey of
distant, faint galaxies using the
Keck Telescopes and the Hubble
Space Telescope. She is also involved
in research on adaptive optics as a
senior member of the Center for
Adaptive Optics at UCSC.
Faber's many honors include
elecrion to the National Academy
of Sciences, the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, and the
American Philosophical Society. In
1995, she was appointed University
Professor, the highest honor for fac-
Clockwise, from left, are Sandra Faber, Marcia McNutt, and Terrie Williams.
ulty in the UC system. She joined
UCSC's faculty and the UC
Observatories/Lick Observatory in
1972.
Williams, an expert in animal
physiology and energetics, has
studied a wide range of marine
mammals, including dolphins,
seals, sea otters, and whales. She
has also studied land animals, including cheetahs and wild dogs in
See Women back page
-
a
5
3
<
3
c
<
>
g
Prop. 47 would provide
over $40 million
for projects at UCSC
proposed $13.05 billion
education bond facing
voters this November includes money for several
major UCSC projects.
If passed, the Kindergarten-
University Public Education
Facilities Bond Act would provide more than $40 million to
UCSC over two years, with
about $2 million the first year.
The bond is Proposition 47 on
the November 5 ballot.
"This bond measure is extremely important to all segments of education—and it is
crucial for UC Santa Cruz. I
urge everyone to be informed
and to vote," said Chancellor
M.R.C. Greenwood.
In the first year, the bond
would provide almost $1.5
million for planning the long-
sought UCSC Humanities
and Social Sciences Facility,
and $517,000 to plan the
Emergency Response Center.
In the second year, the bond
would provide:
See Bond, back page
Martha Mendoza
Conn Hallinan
Joseph Weiss
Three to receive Alumni Association's top awards
By Louise Donahue
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a Writing Program
lecturer, and the technical
production director and
operations manager for
UCSC's Theater Arts Department
have been selected to receive the
UCSC Alumni Association's
highest honors for 2002-03-.
Martha Mendoza, an Associated
Press reporter who shared the 2000
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative
Reporting for the story about a
massacre in the opening weeks of
the Korean War, will receive the
Alumni Achievement Award.
Mendoza is the third UCSC graduate to win a Pulitzer Prize.
The exhaustive investigation
won numerous other awards, including the prestigious George
Polk Award for international reporting. Mendoza was selected for
a John S. Knight Fellowship at
Stanford, where she completed the
book, The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A
Hidden Nightmare from the Korean
See Awards back page
New Teacher Center shares $7.5 million
National Science Foundation grant
By Jennifer McNulty
T he New Teacher Center at
I UCSC, in collaboration with
I the National Science Teachers
I Association (NSTA) and
I Montana State University, has
been awarded a five-year, $7.5 million grant by the National Science
Foundation to develop and implement an online mentoring program
for beginning science teachers.
The project, which aims to improve student learning by bolstering the effectiveness of new middle
and high school science teachers, is
a perfect fit for the New Teacher
Center (NTC), which is dedicated
to improving education by promoting the development of an excellent teaching force.
The NTC has developed a successful model of teacher induction
that provides the mentor support
of an experienced teacher ro all
new teachers during their first two
years in the classroom.
Recognizing that research
shows the quality of the classroom
teacher is the single most important ingredient for student
learning, the NTC has emerged as
a national leader in the development of teacher excellence.
The NTC's expertise is in
greater demand than ever as the
nation's schools prepare to hire at
least two million new teachers over
the next decade. Typically, the
newest teachers are placed in the
most difficult classes in the neediest schools.
Alarmingly, half of all new
teachers leave the profession
within the first five years. New
See Grant back page